Steve Morris

Background

About Steve Morris

I’m motivated by making positive and real change in people’s lives through improved health care. After completing a degree in pharmacy and spending time volunteering early in my career in India, I realised my strengths were strategic and that I wanted to make a wider difference with the work that I did. I have worked in numerous clinical and management roles within health spanning pharmacy practice including hospital, community, primary care, industry and NGO sectors. As CEO of PSA I bring skills from a senior leadership career providing clarity from complexity to deliver what I see as two very clear objectives – developing teams to make the biggest difference, and ensuring systems and processes are optimised so the business can have maximum positive impact for its members and the pharmacy profession Career highlights have included three years driving change at NPS MedicineWise ensuring a collaborative and consumer centred approach to improving outcomes. Overseeing significant reform of pharmacy services in SA Health, developing and driving the strategy that increased efficiencies and reduced service inequities, increasing the employee base while simultaneously delivering $30 million in savings. Previous to that I developed and delivered a strategy to successfully bring more business focus, increasing the funding base and more flexible service delivery to the National Prescribing Centre in the UK. Now, as CEO of PSA I am inspired by the idea of leaving a legacy of opportunities for increased innovation and collaboration to ultimately improve health outcomes for patients.